Chapter 43: Such terror
"This is a steel tread crossbow produced by the Old Continental Empire. It can shoot through plate armor within twenty steps!"
"But it is too heavy to bend the strings with one hand. If you use this steel crossbow to shoot one arrow, you can shoot two arrows with this iron crossbow."
Captain Willower tried hard to pick the thorns. He watched Link open the long wooden box, and the all-steel crossbow body was shining with a silver-gray light.
In Willunp's eyes, this is not the light of steel, this is the silver snake coins shining.
"But its range is comparable to that of a bow and arrow. The armor-breaking rate within a hundred steps is three to four times that of a bow and arrow. With the specially made forged steel arrows, all the armor tools are as vulnerable as cheese inserted by a sharp knife in front of it."
The honest clerk retorted seriously and picked up the forged steel arrows included in the wooden box.
Link took it and took it in his hand to look at the blackened crossbow arrow. He believed that it would be a killer weapon when combined with the steel crossbow on the table.
"How much stock do you have?"
Link said as he threw the arrow on the table and asked at the steel crossbow beside him.
"There are ten pairs of steel crossbows, and dozens of pairs of iron crossbows."
The clerk thought for a while and hesitated and added: "This kind of metal crossbow machine needs frequent maintenance, so there is not much inventory in the store. If you need it, I can transfer the goods from elsewhere, which only takes one day."
After saying that, he stared at Link with hope.
"Take all the steel crossbows. If they are not enough, use an iron crossbow to supplement them, and add two hundred pairs."
Link and Frank calculated that there were about 200 adult males among the mountain people. Link was planning to let them all use big killing weapons such as crossbows to develop towards Rodok's shooter troops.
"two hundred..."
The clerk was shocked and joyful. Two hundred pairs of gold snake coins were not worth a few hundred gold snake coins. He actually encountered such a big order.
"Some! Some! Some! I'll go...I'll contact you now..."
The honest clerk replied in surprise, and after instructing the people in the warehouse to come to see the store, he hurried out to contact the supply of goods, for fear that Link would go back on his word.
Captain Willower was powerless to complain, murmured "spending things" in his mouth, and looked at Frank beside him, and his eyes were already showing his sour light.
Tony and Kenneth were not touched. After all, they knew that Link had at least tens of thousands of gold snake coins, and these fools had no idea about money.
Frank is different. He is carrying the hope of a group of tribe members and knows the power of money.
When I was living in the Old Continent, my tribesmen worked for a year, hunted, and farmed, and could not save a few silver snake coins even after working hard.
During this period, we have to face the encirclement of the Snake Cult. When fighting with the Snake Cult, we just use our lives to pile up.
How many times have he thought that if he had enough money, his tribes could use sharp weapons and strong armor, and there would be no heavy casualties.
"Sir! I...this..."
For a moment, Frank didn't know what to say. He never believed in religion, but now he felt that Link was sent by a god to save them.
"Don't be surprised, everyone has it.
Hey! Will Trump, do you want to consider hang out with me?"
Link signaled Tony and others to go and see the armor again. By the way, he teased Willun, who was sour.
"Oh my God, are you still going to buy armor? Do you know how easy these metal armors are to be damaged at sea?" Willon continued to kindly remind.
Miluo Island is surrounded by the sea and the climate is hot and humid, which is very unfavorable to the preservation of metal weapons.
However, Link only wanted to arm the mountain people according to the equipment in the "Soldiers Book" so that after they upgraded, they could quickly improve their combat power with these equipment.
The Duke's counterattack was always pressing against Link like a mountain, making him always alert.
For Link, no matter how much money he has, it is just a symbol. Only by spending them can the supplies he gets in exchange for are truly improved.
"As long as you keep it carefully and maintain it regularly, these metal equipment will not be so easily corroded."
The new clerk from the caring warehouse brought out the oil for metal equipment maintenance for this big customer and said that this was given to the store for free.
Poor Willon could only shut his mouth quietly and watch Frank stand in the middle of the hall, helplessly put on a composite armor with the help of Tony and others.
Guo Kui was not found, Link chose a hat and put it on Frank.
In the end, Frank, who was holding a steel crossbow, wearing a chain composite armor, had a one-handed military sword around his waist, and a wide shield behind him, finally achieved the same equipment as the "Rodoc Swordsman" that Link remembered.
Looking at the subordinate armed to the whole body in front of him, Link couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
"Frank, you're really like a cold-blooded killing machine now."
"Clam?"
Frank, who was wearing a helmet, spoke a little buzzing. He opened the helmet and asked foolishly without hearing it clearly.
This made a battle machine that seemed cruel and ruthless in an instant.
Link asked him with a smile: "How is it? Do you like this set of equipment?"
It's a pity that Frank, who was a mountain citizen, had seen so many good things?
He could tolerate the lack of food and medicine, but a soldier's desire for good equipment could not be concealed.
Frank's face turned red, and he wanted to say that he liked it but thought that saying so would cost Link, so he stood there in a turmoil.
"Haha, no one will dislike it, Frank, come and try the power of this steel crossbow."
Kenneth couldn't see Frank's humiliation, and set up a square uniform iron shield on the table and greeted Frank holding a steel crossbow.
Frank nodded, lowered the steel crossbow with his feet against the support at the front of the steel crossbow, and turned the strings with both hands.
With a "buzzing", the tight feedback from the bowstrings came from the one-meter-long crossbow.
Frank raised the steel crossbow and aimed at it, with a distance of more than ten steps, and his fingers pressed lightly.
"call out"
The crossbow arrow was so fast that it was impossible to see clearly. The plane was sent out in an instant, and everyone looked at the shield on the other end.
The iron shield only swayed slightly and seemed to have no effect.
"Look! The shield was penetrated!"
Tony raised his shield and everyone discovered that a hole was broken by a crossbow arrow in the middle of the uniform iron shield.
After crossing the hole, on the stone wall where the shield was leaning against, he found the crossbow arrow that had already penetrated half of the arrow.
"This steel crossbow is so terrifying."
Link sighed that others couldn't understand.
"It's so scary!"
Will Trump on the side couldn't help but smack his tongue.
Link made up his mind to equip his mountain villagers with this kind of weapon as much as possible.
‘With this kind of killing weapon, the army led by the Duke doesn’t seem that scary anymore.’
Link imagined the battle scene, and the Duke led a large army to face the border and landed around the Miluo Island port. There were three large army of Link on the shore.
The first column is the Virgia guards holding a broad shield, the second column is the Rodok Mountain crossbowmen who are waiting for the battle with steel crossbows, and the last column is the reserve team, composed of the soldiers of Rodok and Virgia.
Link couldn't help but imagine.
Chapter completed!